The annual Easter egg roll became a White House tradition after egg rolls on the Capitol grounds were prohibited due to the 1876 Turf Protection Law. Alerted to the plight of the children, President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the gates to the South Lawn for the festivities in 1878.

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Bob Rhodes: Very interesting read....I have read previously about terrap…